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We are glad to announce that we are able to extend the early registration deadline for the International Symposium on Grand Challenges in Traceability until February 26, 2007.

Please note that the registration includes symposium attendance, three nights of lodging, banquet and all meals during the symposium, as well as transportation to and from the Lexington-Bluegrass Airport (LEX).

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Registration for GCT'07/TEFSE'07 is now open.

Please note, that symposium registration covers symposium participation fee, three days of lodging at the symposium site, as well Wednsday, March 21 reception, Thursday, March 22 banquet (at Kathy's Country Kitchen, Clay City, KY) and all other meals for March 22 and March 23.

Students engaged in traceability research (and especially students who have submitted papers to the symposium) are encouraged to apply for a stipend. Stipends are merit-based and will cover all or part of the student registration fee. Students recieving stipends are expected to help symposium organizers by serving as volunteers at the symposium site.

Addressing the Grand Challenges for Traceability

Requirements traceability provides critical support for software engineers as they develop and maintain software systems. Traceability can, for example, help an analyst to ensure that a high level requirement has been refined into lower level design components, built into the executable system, and tested effectively. Traceability also helps analysts to effectively understand, manage, and control changes as they are introduced. Numerous standards such as IEEE Standard 830- 1998, CMMI, and ISO 9001 mandate traceability practices as an essential element of the software development life cycle. Unfortunately, practicing traceability is much harder than it would appear and many organizations fail to implement effective traceability practices which they perceive to be costly and unattainable.